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BlackBerry How-To: Create MMS Audio, Video, Picture Slide Shows

BlackBerry smartphone users can quickly and easily compose their own MMS picture- and video-slide-shows, complete with image transitions and caption text. Here's how.

16 Oct 2009 4 mins
Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business
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Five Problems Keeping Legacy Apps Out of the Cloud

Did you think all those legacy apps would just float up into someone else's cloud infrastructure? Management, licensing and migration concerns highlight the list of troubles that vendors are now trying to address.

16 Oct 2009
Cloud Computing Data Center Virtualization
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Five Lessons from a Data Center’s Crisis of Capacity

When the data center neared its failure point, Pacific Northwest National Laboratory embarked on a project to revamp facilities without breaking the budget. Consider these practical lessons from the edge of failure.

16 Oct 2009
Data Center Virtualization
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BlackBerry Storm2, Bold 9700 Get Official; Nov. Releases Expected

BlackBerry-maker Research In Motion (RIM) has finally acknowledged the latest addition to its smartphone lineup, the touch-screen BlackBerry Storm2 95xx. Wireless carrier T-Mobile Germany also listed the as-of-yet unannounced BlackBerry Bold 9700 onl

16 Oct 2009
Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business
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Microsoft Sidekick Debacle and the Cloud: Lessons Learned

Telework is getting more popular every year and many companies are not prepared with a work from home disaster recovery plan.

14 Apr 2015 3 mins
Disaster Recovery
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Microsoft Sidekick Debacle and the Cloud: Lessons Learned

When Microsoft's storage service for Sidekick users broke down, cloud computing questions sprang up -- both fair and unfair. CIO.com's Bernard Golden discusses what can be learned from this outage and looks at the likely outcomes for Micros

16 Oct 2009
Cloud Computing Virtualization
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Windows 7: Don’t Wait for Service Pack to Test, Gartner Says

With any new OS deployment, IT teams traditionally take the "safe" route and wait for the first service pack. But IT groups that follow that strategy with Windows 7 rollouts will get caught in a support crunch, says research firm Gartner.

15 Oct 2009
Data Center Small and Medium Business Windows
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White BlackBerry Bold 9000 (AT&T) Available October 18 for $200

U.S. wireless carrier AT&T will soon release a new version of its popular BlackBerry Bold 9000 smartphone in white, just weeks before it's expected to unveil the Bold successor, the BlackBerry Bold 9700 or "Onyx."

14 Oct 2009 2 mins
Computers and Peripherals Data Center Small and Medium Business
opinion

Windows Phones: First TV Ad Too Soft to Make An Impact

The new Windows phone TV spot is cute, but too cute for its own good, and fails to deliver a coherent Windows Mobile message.

13 Oct 2009
Data Center
opinion

Get Over It Ballmer: Free Isn’t a Dirty Word

Steve Ballmer's recent comment that Microsoft can't make money from free software and services is a bewildering contradiction.

10 Oct 2009
Data Center
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Vermont’s Lights Out Data Center: No One’s Home Nights or Weekends

The IT manager for the State of Vermont saved money and improved security by moving to a "lights out" data center, where doors are locked for the graveyard shift and weekends. Here's a look at the project and five key lessons he's

10 Oct 2009
Data Center